1 / 3Granada Pool
📍 Alhambra, CA
Granada Park's outdoor pool facility featuring a heated kiddy pool ranging 2–3.5 feet, a deep pool with diving boards, and swim lessons available through the City of Alhambra at very low cost.
Lifeguard staff are friendly and helpful. Kids are taking summer swimming lessons and they're really enjoying it thanks to the instructors. Front desk staff were also really helpful with signing them up and answering some of my silly questions to orient myself with checking-in belongings, locker rooms, where to put flip flops, etc. Super friendly, helpful people. The pool and surrounding area is really clean too, and the water quality seems really good and balanced (no heavy eye irritation or super strong odor). I think the pool is heated too! Las thing, they have a grassy Hill area within the enclosed pool area which I thought was pretty cool, so you could sun bathe or hangout and put your towel down. Though I haven't asked staff if you can actually sit there, but it seems like it was designed as a seating/rest area.
🏆 Family Action Verdict
An excellent value community pool for families with children of all ages. The heated kiddy pool makes it accessible for toddlers, the diving boards give older kids a challenge, and the City of Alhambra swim lessons are one of the best-value learn-to-swim programs in the area. The surrounding park extends the outing well beyond swimming.
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💬 What Families Are Saying
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Steven Segura
6 years ago
“Lifeguard staff are friendly and helpful. Kids are taking summer swimming lessons and they're really enjoying it thanks to the instructors. Front desk staff were also really helpful with signing them up and answering some of my silly questions to orient myself with checking-in belongings, locker rooms, where to put flip flops, etc. Super friendly, helpful people. The pool and surrounding area is really clean too, and the water quality seems really good and balanced (no heavy eye irritation or super strong odor). I think the pool is heated too! Las thing, they have a grassy Hill area within the enclosed pool area which I thought was pretty cool, so you could sun bathe or hangout and put your towel down. Though I haven't asked staff if you can actually sit there, but it seems like it was designed as a seating/rest area.”
Jill Anderson
3 years ago
“My four-year-old loves coming to this pool! It's big and clean. There is a heated kiddy pool too. The park is really nice, tons of beautiful Jacaranda trees. If you're able to jump on those kid swim classes that Alhambra offers for super cheap, I highly recommend them. I spent $42 for 4 swim classes, 40 minutes per class, and no one else was in class with him. He basically had private swim lessons for four weeks. Summer is probably a bit more crowded though.”
Tina Delgado
4 years ago
“Excellent Park it's clean there are plenty of trees with lots of shade there's a pool baseball field tennis courts playground it's nice and clean and they provide doggie bags in several different areas of the park”
Cynthia Castillo
2 years ago
“First time visit. Was nice to see they have a pool to accommodate young children,2ft to 3.5 ft. The grounds are nice too.”
Reviews from Google
Overview
Granada Pool offers a heated kiddy pool (2–3.5 feet) for toddlers and a deeper pool with two diving boards for older swimmers. City of Alhambra swim lessons run through the facility at low cost — one reviewer paid a small amount for a multi-session block. Jacaranda trees line the surrounding park, which includes playground equipment, tennis courts, and a baseball field. Staff are praised for friendliness at both the front desk and poolside.
